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Next Generation Network Innovations in Europe: Next Generation Network Innovations in Europe: The NREN - GÉANT Perspective & FEDERICAThe NREN - GÉANT Perspective & FEDERICA

Vasilis Maglaris maglaris@netmode.ntua.gr

Chairman, European NREN Policy Committee - GÉANT ConsortiumProfessor, National Technical University of Athens - NTUA

2nd EU - Japan Cooperation Forum on ICT ResearchBrussels - July 2, 2009

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R&E Networking in Europe:R&E Networking in Europe:3-tier Federal Architecture3-tier Federal Architecture

Hybrid backbone

Switched access

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Campus network

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R&ER&E Networking Networking in Europein Europe

• A 3-tier Federal Architecture, partially subsidized by National and EU Research & Education funds:– The Campus Network (LAN/MAN) > 3,500 Institutions, >30 M Users

– The 34+ NREN’s (MAN/WAN)

• The Pan-European Interconnection: TEN34 TEN155 GÉANT: GN1 in FP5 (Gigabit IPv4/IPv6 over leased capacity) GN2 in FP6 (Hybrid Optical Backbone on Dark FiberHybrid Optical Backbone on Dark Fiber)

GN3 in FP7: Advanced optical technologies & Interoperable tools for robust multi-domain dynamic bandwidth services at a global scale: A Next Generation Networking (NGN) e-Infrastructure

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R&ER&E NetworkingNetworkingin Europein Europe

• A 3-tier Federal Architecture, partially subsidized by National and EU Research & Education funds:– The Campus Network (LAN/MAN) > 3,500 Institutions, >30 M Users– The 34+ NREN’s (MAN/WAN)

• The Pan-European Interconnection: TEN34 TEN155 GÉANT: GN1 in FP5 (Gigabit IPv4/IPv6 over leased capacity) GN2 in FP6 (Hybrid Hybrid Optical Backbone on Dark FiberOptical Backbone on Dark Fiber)

GN3 in FP7: Advanced optical technologies & Interoperable tools for robust multi-domain dynamic bandwidth services at a global scale: A Next Generation Networking (NGN) e-Infrastructure

• GÉANT Governance: NREN Policy Committee • Project Management: Exec, DANTE

Total GÉANT Cost: 40 M€/year (co-funded by the EC & NREN’s) GN2 EC Subsidy < 10% GN2 EC Subsidy < 10% of total European R&E Networking Costof total European R&E Networking Cost

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EU NREN’s – EU NREN’s – GÉANTGÉANTnn:: A Success Story - A Success Story - Why?Why?

• Century old Telecom (+ 40 years ARPAnet - Internet) experience: Proven strong “Network Externalities” Sharing tradition

• Industry needs for Next Generation Network proofs of concept, synergy with R&E community: The ARPAnet paradigm @ the US of America, inspiring the “US of Europe”

• Foresight of National + EU funding authorities, triggered by NREN planning – SERENATE, EARNEST Studies

• A decade (+) of success in serving R&E needs of the Continent Smoothing-out “digital divides” & enabling powerful education communities (educators, students, pupils?)

• NREN’s as utilities for the R&E communities – extending the “commons” principle aka. Open Source S/W, Wikipedia…

• Solidarity & orchestrated innovations within the NREN community, efficient service coordination (DANTE) & human networking (TERENA)

• Stable Governance: NREN Policy Committee (NREN PC)

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NREN Policy CommitteeNREN Policy Committee

1. Austria (ACOnet)

2. Belgium (BELNET)

3. Bulgaria (BREN)

4. Croatia (CARNet)

5. Czech Republic (CESNET)

6. Cyprus (CYNET)

7. Germany (DFN)

8. Estonia (EENet)

9. France (RENATER)

10. Greece (GRNET)

11. Hungary (HUNGARNET)

12. Ireland (HEANet)

13. Israel (IUCC)

14. Italy (GARR)

15. Latvia (SigmaNet)

16. Lithuania (LITNET)

17. Luxembourg (RESTENA)

18. Malta (UoM)

19. Netherlands (SURFNET)

20. Nordic Countries – Denmark, Finland,

Iceland, Norway, Sweden (NORDUnet)

21. Poland (PSNC)

22. Portugal (FCCN)

23. Romania (RoEduNet)

24. Russia (JSCC)

25. Slovakia (SANET)

26. Slovenia (ARNES)

27. Spain (RedIRIS)

28. Switzerland (SWITCH)

29. Turkey (ULAKBIM)

30. United Kingdom (JANET)

PLUS NON-VOTING MEMBERS:

Delivery of Advanced Network Technologies to Europe Ltd. (DANTE)

Trans-European Research & Education Networking Association (TERENA)

PERMANENT OBSERVERS: CERN, AMRES, MARNET

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NREN’s & NREN’s & GÉANTGÉANTnn: : e-Science e-Science Enablers + Networking R&D PlatformsEnablers + Networking R&D Platforms

• NREN’s – GÉANT provide cost effective e2e switched & light path connectivity within the Dark Fiber Cloud (DWDM footprint)+ Global IPv4 – IPv6 coverage and Hybrid networking services+ Multi-domain Network management, resiliency & support

• e-Science Virtual Organizations obtain production quality hybrid networking, beyond leasing individual circuits, wave-lengths or dark fibers

• e-Infrastructures as equalizers, reduce the DIGITAL DIVIDES in Europe & globally: Big Science affordable via virtual e-Science

• NRENs – GÉANT stimulate Network Research & enable novel concept evaluation - emulations in a global production environment via virtualization of facilities & services

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Bandwidth RequirementsBandwidth Requirements per Userper User(SERENATE Study Final Report, 2003Cees De Laat, UvA, David Williams, CERN/TERENA et. al.)

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European R&E 10 Gig+European R&E 10 Gig+Footprint, March 2008Footprint, March 2008(based on data by DANTE & NRENs)

Enables end-to-end Hybrid Networking & Optical Private Networking (OPNs) for e-Science Projects LHC, PRACE, ITER

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LHC TIER0 – TIER1 OPNLHC TIER0 – TIER1 OPN

Scenario based on work by Roberto Sabatino

DANTE

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Wavelengths on GWavelengths on GÉÉANTANT(Hans Döbbeling DANTE, 02/2008)

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GÉANT GÉANT in GN3:in GN3: A factory of (virtualized) networking A factory of (virtualized) networking resources & services resources & services (1/3)

• Extending the service portfolio to production quality multi-domain hybrid networking– Campus, NRENs, GÉANT…

– Innovate to resolve the multi-domain impasse

• Integrating Control Plane Functionality within Distributed Computing (GRID, SOA) Middleware

• Translating into a common view an enriched set of per-domain information, feedback to standardization bodies (IETF, OIF, ITU-T, OGF)

Note that there are up to now ONLY TWO inter-domain control plane (signaling) success stories:

SS7 (telephony) SS7 (telephony) & BGP (Internet) BGP (Internet)

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GÉANTGÉANT in GN3 in GN3: : A factory of (virtualized) networking A factory of (virtualized) networking resources & services resources & services (2/3)

• Production quality multi-domain services to enable NRENs in:

– Distributed ticketing workflows, performance monitoring (PERT+)

– Security (incident reporting, anomaly detection)

– Federated Roaming (Eduroam), AAI & ID management (eduGAIN)

– Multi-protocol monitoring at 10 -100 Gig speeds (perfSONAR+)

– End-to-end Provisioning (E2ECU, Ishare)

– Automated multi-domain provisioning (AutoBAHN)

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Automatic Bandwidth Provisioning: Automatic Bandwidth Provisioning: The AutoBAHN Concept The AutoBAHN Concept (based on a presentation by Afrodite Sevasti, GRNET.GR)

Client equipment

IP domain

NMS

GE domain

L2 MPLS VPN

SDH domain

Native EthernetGFP over SDH

GMPLS signalling

Technology Proxy

Domain Manager

Inter-Domain ManagerUser access

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handling logic

DM pathfinding

AAI

Resource modelling

Policy module

Inter-domain pathfinder

User interface

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GÉANT GÉANT in GN3in GN3: : A factory of (virtualized) networking A factory of (virtualized) networking resources & services resources & services (3/3)

• Extend the NREN – GÉANT Services to provisioning of integrated IT services that include:– Multi-domain hybrid networking services (Campus, NREN, GEANT)

– Virtualization of resources

– Storage (?)

– Computing (?)

• Converging e-Infrastructures– Relationship with Grid – Supercomputing

– Towards cloud computing aka. Google, Amazon, IBM…?

– Now more than ever the NETWORK IS THE COMPUTER

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Summarizing the GÉANT Vision in GN3Summarizing the GÉANT Vision in GN3

• To create an innovative resilient multi-domain hybrid networking environment, using advanced optical transmission & switching technologies

• To enable R&E users through their Organizations with flexible, open, interoperable & scalable production quality services via their constituent NRENs

• To be an enabler for Global R&E networking supporting international e-Science initiatives, creating a Global Virtual Village to house researchers & educators around the world

• To contribute to standards as a key participant in European & Global efforts towards the Future Internet

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GÉANTGÉANT & its Global Peers: & its Global Peers: Help shaping the Internet of the futureHelp shaping the Internet of the future

• GÉANT aims to be a key player in European & Global initiatives on the Network of the Future

• US Initiatives– GENI http://www.geni.net/ (clean slate)

– VINI http://www.vini-veritas.net/ (on Internet2, NLR)

– …...

• Japanese Initiatives – AKARI http://akari-project.nict.go.jp/eng/index2.htm

– ……

• European Initiatives – FEDERICA http://www.fp7-federica.eu/ (on GÉANT & NRENs)

– FIRE ICT Projects http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fire/

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FEDERICA @ a GlanceFEDERICA @ a Glance

• Federated E-infrastructures Dedicated to European Researchers Innovating in Computing network Architectures

• RI FP7 Project, based on stakeholders on network research: – NRENs, GÉANT, end-users and vendors– Coordinator: GARR (the Italian NREN)

• Aims to:– Employ initially up to 1 Gbps MPLS & GigE circuits from NRENs and

GÉANT (GÉANT+ service)– Install open source routers, programmable routers and open API switches

in selected NREN PoPs– Develop a tool-bench for managing virtual e2e facilities– Provide virtualized facilities to end-users: Research groups on the network

of the future, requiring disruptive emulations– Act as a pre-normative step towards incorporation within GÉANT (GN3)

activities

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The FEDERICA ConceptThe FEDERICA Concept

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FEDERICA Partners

– GARR (coordinator)– CESNET– DFN– FCCN– GRNET– HUNGARNET– PSNC– RedIRIS– SWITCH– TERENA

– i2CAT

– KTH– ICCS/NTUA – UPC– Juniper– Martel Consulting– HEANet– DANTE– Politecnico di Torino– NORDUNET

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1 Physical GbE from GN2+

1 Physical GbE tbd

Core Nodes

1 GbE VLAN or L2MPLS

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Is there Life after Is there Life after GN3GN3??• Networking technologies enable a sustainable advanced platform:

– Terabit hybrid optical networking (enabling the GTRN – Global Terabit Research Networking vision)

– Optical backbone topology trends (100 Gig/λ, MPLS-TP, Carrier Ethernet…)– Layer 1-2 connectivity to power end-users (Super-Computing Centers…)– Shared NREN facilities (Cross Border Fibers, Lightpath Exchanges…)

• Will leverage SUSTAINABILITY; but caution on DIGITAL DIVIDES & integrated operations & management issues (operations – management)

– Virtualization (logical routers, service oriented middleware, cloud computing…)

• GÉANT is advancing multi-domain dynamic services within global collaborations, e.g. European – North American DICE Group (GÉANT via DANTE, Internet2, Canarie, ESnet) – APAN ?

– Bandwidth on Demand & Inter-domain Control Protocol IDC DCN (Dynamic Circuit Network) in Internet2, AutoBAHN in GÉANT

– Advanced multi-domain Monitoring tools perfSONAR

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Is there Life after Is there Life after GN3GN3??• Networking technologies enable a sustainable advanced platform:

– Terabit hybrid optical networking (enabling the GTRN – Global Terabit Research Networking vision)

– Optical backbone topology trends (100 Gig/λ, MPLS-TP, Carrier Ethernet…)– Layer 1-2 connectivity to power end-users (Super-Computing Centers…)– Shared NREN facilities (Cross Border Fibers, Lightpath Exchanges…)

• Will leverage SUSTAINABILITY; but caution on DIGITAL DIVIDES & integrated operations & management issues (operations – management)

– Virtualization (logical routers, service oriented middleware, cloud computing…)

• GÉANT is advancing multi-domain dynamic services within global collaborations, e.g. European – North American DICE Group (GÉANT via DANTE, Internet2, Canarie, ESnet) – APAN ?

– Bandwidth on Demand & Inter-domain Control Protocol IDC DCN (Dynamic Circuit Network) in Internet2, AutoBAHN in GÉANT

– Advanced multi-domain Monitoring tools perfSONAR

• The GÉANT community undertook a global role & commitments

Time is ripe to profit from global long-term investments onResearch & Education Networking

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GÉANT Global ConnectivityGÉANT Global Connectivity